Romans 6:21

6:21 So what benefit ¹  did you then reap ²  from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Romans 8:38

8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, ³  nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,

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¹ tn Grk “fruit.”

² tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.

³ tn BDAG 138 s.v. ἀρχή 6 takes this term as a reference to angelic or transcendent powers (as opposed to merely human rulers). To clarify this, the adjective “heavenly” has been supplied in the translation. Some interpreters see this as a reference to fallen angels or demonic powers, and this view is reflected in some recent translations (NIV, NLT).